Women’s ETTU Cup Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyes repeited the success and beat ALCL TT Grand Quevilly in the second leg of the Women’s ETTU Cup. At home soil they showed even less mercy by beating French club in straight matches. In the final Turkish side will meet another French representative – CP Lyssois Lille Metropole. HU Melek opened the match the way she finished the previous leg – she gave hosts dream start by beating TIAN Yuan. Russia’s Polina MIKHAYLOVA had a bit harder job. She was forced to go full distance against Shiho ONO. However after 2:0 for the hosts it was all over. Sibel REMZI sealed the match with straight games victory over Colette LE CORUEC. Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyes – ALCL TT Grand Quevilly 3:0 HU Melek – TIAN Yuan 3:1 (13:11 11:8 4:11 11:4) Polina MIKHAYLOVA – Shiho ONO 3:2 (5:11 11:7 15:13 9:11 11:8) Sibel REMZI – Colette LE CORUEC 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:4)
SV Werder Bremen joined Weinviertel Niederösterreich in the final
Men’s ETTU Cup SV Werder Bremen will play against Weinviertel Niederösterreich in the final of the Men’s ETTU Cup. In the semi final the team from Germany recorded victories in both legs to secure the place in the ultimate stage. Like three weeks ago the back bone of Germany’s success was Bastian STEGER who won both his matches. Jens LUNDQVIST stole one point from the hosts by beating Hunor SZÖCS but Constantin CIOTI won the close encounter against Jon PERSSON to secure valuable point. SV Werder Bremen – Angers Vaillante Sports TT 3:1 Bastian STEGER – CHEN Jian 3:0 (11:2 11:8 11:9) Hunor SZÖCS – Jens LUNDQVIST 1:3 (7:11 11:2 8:11 12:14) Constantin CIOTI – Jon PERSSON 3:2 (11:3 9:11 11:9 5:11 11:9) Bastian STEGER – Christophe LEGOUT 3:0 (14:12 11:6 11:8)
Two top ECLW seeds the final: Berlin vs. Zamek
Returning semi-final matches: TTC Berlin Eastside – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 KTS SPAR Zamek Tarnobrzeg – UCAM Cartagena 3:1 TTC Berlin Eastside and KTS SPAR Zamek Tarnobrzeg are going to play in the 2015/16 European Champions League Women. That was the outcome of the tonight`s returning semi-final matches held in Germany and Poland: TTC Berlin Eastside – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 (1st leg 3:2) KTS SPAR Zamek Tarnobrzeg – UCAM Cartagena 3:1 (3:1). Two double ECLW champions again played tough and close match. This time it took four matches instead five but nuances decided forth encounter between SHAN Xiaona and LIU Jia. Guest led 1:0 and 2:1 but host turned after thrilling fourth set (13:11) and finally won after full five games. Austrian side had no solution for SHAN who won all four his matches in two legs. Tonight Petrissa SOLJA responded sharply to Iveta VACENOVSKA who beat her three weeks ago in Linz. LIU took unique point for Austrian champion as she beat Georgina POTA in the second match. Berlin will play for the third ECLW crown while Zamek targets its first ever. Actual ETTU Cup winner has unique chance to reach two different European titles in a row. Polish champion progressed with two 3:1 wins. Strong defender HAN Ying again contributed with two points against Iulia NECULA and XIAO Maria both in straight games. LI Qian added one more while former individual European champion Ruta PASKAUSKIENE won unique point for Spanish side. Returning semi-final matches of the 2015/16 ECLW KTS SPAR Zamek Tarnobrzeg – UCAM Cartagena 3:1 (1st leg 3:1) HAN Ying – Iulia NECULA 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:5) LI Qian – XIAO Maria 3:0 (11:7 11:3 11:7) Natalia PARTYKA – Ruta PASKAUSKIENE 2:3 (7:11 12:10 11:9 5:11 8:11) HAN Ying – XIAO Maria 3:0 (11:3 12:10 11:4) TTC Berlin Eastside – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 (1st leg 3:2) SHAN Xiaona – Sofia POLCANOVA 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:6) Georgina POTA – LIU Jia 1:3 (9:11 11:8 5:11 8:11) Petrissa SOLJA – Iveta VACENOVSKA 3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:7) SHAN Xiaona – LIU Jia 3:2 (12:10 5:11 8:11 13:11 11:7)
CP Lyssois Lille Metropole won both legs
Women’ s ETTU Cup After CP Lyssois Lille Metropole won the opening leg of the Women’s ETTU Cup semifinal in Hungary -3:2 French club confirmed their dominancy in the return leg. In France CP Lyssois Lille Metropole overcame Postas Sport Egyesulet in four matches. Xiaoxin YANG and Bernadette SZOCS showed no mercy in the duels against Mercedes NAGYVARADI and Rita KERTAI. LI Jiao justified her class by adding the only point to the Hungarian team’s side but even Dutch star could not stop Xiaoxin YANG in fourth game. CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – Postas Sport Egyesulet 3:1 Xiaoxin YANG – Mercedes NAGYVARADI 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:7) Agnès LELANNIC – LI Jiao 0:3 (6:11 4:11 6:11) Bernadette SZOCS – Rita KERTAI 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:8) Xiaoxin YANG – LI Jiao (11:9 11:7 11:8)
Pontoise again upsets reigning TTCLM champion Eslovs to play in their very first final
After FLORE`s victory against SMIRNOV French side led 2:1 and booked their place in the final bearing in mind 3:1 home win. Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Eslovs Al Bordtennis 1:3 Against all predictions: Eslovs Al Bordtennis will challenge AS Pontoise Cergy in the 2015/16 Table Tennis Champions League Men! The 2014 TTCLM champion AS Pontoise Cergy upset the 2015 winner and actual top seed Fakel Gazproma Orenburg playing second semi-final match held in Russia. French champion commenced with 3:1 advantage in front of 1 000 spectators at Orenburg`s Hall and after third encounter they could celebrate. In that moment – when Tristan FLORE beat Alexey SMIRNOV and brought 2:1 lead to Pontoise – the winner has been decided. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV defeated Kristian KARLSSON in straight games of the opening match but Marcos FREITAS leveled against Vladimir SAMSONOV. In that moment all eyes in the Hall were on well experienced Alexey SMIRNOV… Former Euro Top 12 winner lost to 21-year-old Tristan FLORE. Frenchmen 2011 European Junior gold medalist at the Singles Event was two sets down but responded by three sets in a row to secure second TTCLM final in Pontoise`s history. “We are very happy. After the victory in the first leg we knew that we didn’t finish our job. On a good day Orenburg can beat any team 3:0. But we also knew that we have players able to disturb them. This is a very good win especially bearing in mind that we decided to put Tristan FLORE in place of WANG Jian Jun. Now that we’re in the final the goal is obviously to win. “ Swedish champion Eslovs Al Bordtennis actual ETTU Cup winner again shocked Olimpia Unia Grudziadz. These two teams met in the 2015 ETTU Cup final as Eslovs lifted the trophy. This time it looked like Polish champion is closer to the TTCLM final having 3:2 away victory. But XU Hui & Co. showed their team spirit like never before and deserved their very first TTCLM final. Each of Eslov`s players contributed with one point in the 3:1 win. Robert SVENSSON beat Yoshida KAII in the opener managing to recover after 2:0 lead of Japanese player and it determined the whole clash. WANG Yang kept host side in the game as he beat XU Hui. But OVERSJO and XU overcame ZATOWKA and KAII respectively to secure historic victory for Eslovs Al Bordtennis. Returning semi-final leg of 2015/16 TTCLM Fakel Gazproma Orenburg – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2 (1st match 1:3) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Kristian KARLSSON 3:0 (11:5 11:8 12:10) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Marcos FREITAS 1:3 (12:14 7:11 11:3 6:11) Alexey SMIRNOV – Tristan FLORE 2:3 (11:7 11:7 8:11 7:11 8:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Marcos FREITAS 3:0 (11:0 11:0 11:0) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Kristian KARLSSON 3:0 (11:0 11:0 11:0) Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Eslovs Al Bordtennis 1:3 (1st leg 3:2) Yoshida KAII – Robert SVENSSON 2:3 (12:10 11:6 9:11 5:11 4:11) WANG Yang – XU Hui 3:2 (11:6 11:8 8:11 9:11 11:9) Patryk ZATOWKA – Mattias OVERSJO 1:3 (9:11 11:7 6:11 3:11) Yoshida KAII – XU Hui 1:3 (7:11 8:11 7:11)
Weinviertel Niederosterreich in the final
ETTU Cup Men Austria’s Weinviertel Niederosterreich booked their place in the final of the Men’s ETTU Cup. Unlike big drama in the opening match of the semis in the return leg Stefan FEGERL and his club mates dominated against Istres OPTT. Istres won the opening leg by narrow margin – 3:2. In the return leg there were less excitement. The only player who posted victory for the guests were Omar ASSAR. The player from Egypt beat Daniel HABESOHN and came close to prevail against HOU Yingchao by forcing HOU to go full distance. In the opening match HOU beat Benjamin BROSSIER in straight games whilst Stefan FEGERL overcame Paul GAUZY in similar style. Weinviertel Niederosterreich – Istres OPTT 3:1 HOU Yingchao – Benjamin BROSSIER 3:0 (11:5 11:8 11:3) Daniel HABESOHN – Omar ASSAR 0:3 (8:11 7:11 8:11) Stefan FEGERL – Paul GAUZY 3:0 (11:9 11:4 11:3) HOU Yingchao – Omar ASSAR 3:2 (11:7 8:11 11:8 8:11 11:7)
2016 Summer School of China Table Tennis College
China Table Tennis College is the first professional institution of table tennis in the world which jointly established by Shanghai Municipal Government and Chinese Table Tennis Association and is located in Shanghai with teaching training scientific research and foreign exchange. It also has degree education of undergraduate master Ph.D. as well as the mission of cultivating outstanding youths. They hold the Summer School every year in order to further promote the development of World table tennis and improve the technical level of the youths from various countries. This Summer School begins from 6th July to 2th August in Shanghai China. Students will have table tennis training learning traditional Chinese culture and extra-curricular practice like sightseeing tours etc. The event aims to improve the technical level of table tennis players and expand their horizons to better promote the common development of world table tennis. “I think it is a very good opportunity for young table tennis enthusiasts to get in touch with Chinese table tennis philosophy and chinese culture. Board and lodging learning materials and domestic traveling is free. International travel and costs for personal needs has to be covered by the participants” explained coach Martin OSTERMANN. 8 spots of this years programme are reserved for the China Table Tennis College – Europe (CTTC-E) in Luxembourg. Information: stella20402040@163.com
European Olympic Qualification media accreditation form available now
The deadline is 10 April There are less than two weeks before the start of the 2016 ITTF-European Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (from Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th April) to be staged in Halmstad Sweden. With the total number of 159 entries 83 in Men’s Singles and 75 in Women’s Singles Event we are looking forward fierce battles and great excitement on player’s journey toward greatest of all sports goals. All the media representatives interested to follow the action in Halmstad Arena are more than welcome. You can find the European Olympic Qualification media accreditation form here . The deadline is 10 April. 10 men and 10 women will qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games singles events. If including 2015 European Games qualifiers there are more than 2 players qualifying from the same National Olympic Committee (NOC) per gender a mechanism has been established to determine 2 qualifiers the third player being a reserve. The winners of the European Games singles event in Baku Azerbaijan 13th-19th June 2015 are direct qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games singles events. The players will be seeded based on the latest available ETTU ranking at the time of the draw on 5th April 2016.
ECLW returning semi-finals: Hard task for Cartagena and Linz
Second leg will be held this Friday with the LAOLA1.tv live broadcast: Zamek Tarnobrzeg – Cartagena (17:00 1st leg 3:1) Berlin – Linz (19:30 1st leg 3:2) Returning semi-final games of the 2015/16 European Champions League Women will be held on Friday April 1st as both host teams start with an advantage: Zamek Tarnobrzeg – Cartagena (17:00 1st leg 3:1) Berlin – Linz (19:30 1st leg 3:2). German champion Berlin the 2012 and 2014 ECLW winner hosts the 2009 and 2013 champion Linz AG Froschberg. The first leg was very intense and close concluded by small advantage for Irina PALINA`s side – 3:2 (10:9). As Berlin’s coach stressed earlier it’s clear that each team must win to ensure progress into the final. „The conclusion after the first leg is that the winner of the second game might be the over all winner of the semifinal the better individual performance will decide. It will be a tough mental game for the players the clubs representatives and the spectators” stated Linz team manager Robert RENNER. Austrian side led twice at the first leg held three weeks ago thanks to LIU Jia and Iveta VACENOVSKA who beat Georgina POTA and Petrissa SOLJA respectively in the opening and third clash. But SHAN Xiaona was very convinced against LIU and POLCANOVA while POTA added the winning point playing with POLCANOVA. HAN Ying had no mercy in Cartagena bringing two points (6-0) to Zamek Tarnobrzeg who hosts Spanish side with 3:1 advantage. Both sides enjoy in their very first ECLW semi-finals but just one of them will have a chance to challenge double ECLW champion in the final. Polish champion aims its second consecutive final after 2015 ETTU Cup title. ECLW returning semi-final matches KTS SPAR Zamek Tarnobrzeg – UCAM Cartagena (April 1st 17:00) 1st leg 3:1 http://www.laola1.tv/watch/livestream/kts-zamek-tarnobrzeg-ucam-cartagena-lde TTC Berlin Eastside – Linz AG Froschberg (April 1st 19:30) 1st leg 3:2 http://www.laola1.tv/watch/livestream/ttc-berlin-eastside-linz-ag-froschberg-lde
Second World Table Tennis Day Happening on Wednesday 6 April
The second ever World Table Tennis Day hosted by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) will be held Wednesday 6 April 2016. The World Table Tennis Day is a celebration of the joy to play Table Tennis for fun bringing people together where the focus is less on the competition and more on participation and fun. Every year on April 6 table tennis fans around the world will show that Table Tennis is a sport for all and for everyone everywhere. On the launch of World Table Tennis Day ITTF Development Director Leandro OLVECH stated: “We are very excited about the second World Table Tennis Day. Events can be big or small the most important thing is to celebrate and share the passion for table tennis having fun and bringing people together.” Together with the National Associations around the world there are currently 91 different events in 48 across all continents which aims to have over 1000 participants on 6 April to celebrate World Table Tennis Day. Activities range from table tennis being played for 24 hours in Ottobrun Germany and an underwater tournament in Senigalli Italy plus many more exciting table tennis parties across the globe. The reason behind World Table Tennis day being on 6 April is because that day was established by the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT was equally excited about World Table Tennis Day: “The idea behind this day is to gather Table Tennis enthusiasts attract people who usually don’t play table tennis promote the love for our sport and ideally engage new players to the practice in the long term. I can’t wait for the entire world to play table tennis on 6 April.” So stop what you are doing on 6 April and play some table tennis anywhere anytime! Remember the key points on World Table Tennis Day is: Universal Popular and Inclusive No matter if small or big event do something! No matter if 6 April before or after do something! For more information on World Table Tennis Day to register your event and more information about the events going on around the globe please visit TT4ALL.com.
